U.S. Under-14 Boys' National Team Head Coach Hugo Perez Names 36-Player Roster for Training Camp at The Home Depot Center

NewsNov 14, 2012

CHICAGO (Nov. 14, 2012) – U.S. Under-14 Boys’ National Team head coach Hugo Perez has named a 36-player roster for the team’s upcoming training camp from Nov. 17-25 at The Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif.

The training camp, the second of the year for the ‘99s age group, will feature four scrimmages against local opponents Pateadores, United FC and So Cal Select with back-to-back matches on Wednesday, Nov. 21 at 6 p.m. and 8 p.m. PT and Saturday, Nov. 24 at 4 p.m. and 6 p.m. PT.

The inaugural camp for this age group was from Aug. 5-12 at The Home Depot Center, where Perez called together 50 players for the week-long event.

With numerous players in camp for the first time, the majority of the roster was born in 1999, but a few players were born in 2000. Defender Khai Brisco, forwards Ryan Palmbaum and Timothy Weah and midfielders Taylor Davila, Christopher Goslin and Ben Lederman are the six players born at the turn of the century.

Lederman is one of two notable Europe-based players on the roster. In 2011, the 12-year-old became the first American offered a spot in Spanish giant Barcelona’s famed youth academy, La Masia. Lederman played for the “Alevín A” side in 2011-12 and is now listed on the “Infantil B” roster, the next step up the ladder, for the 2012-13 season. This is Lederman’s first call-up to a U-14 BNT camp.

Vincent Borden returns to U-14 BNT camp for the second time after earning his first call in August. Borden, a native of Ithaca, N.Y., plays for the youth academy of Croatian club Dinamo Zagreb.

Four players on the roster are currently registered with U-15/16 teams in the U.S. Soccer Development Academy. Defender Antonio Nava and forward Adolfo Trujillo both represent De Anza Force as developmental players, while forward Jonathan Amon plays for South Carolina United Battery and midfielder Colin Brezniak is with Potomac. Brezniak, 13, has started all nine matches for Potomac and scored a goal against NJSA 04 on Sept. 23.